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Hobnail  v. t.  To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes. "Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush."





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"Hobnail" Quotes from Famous Books



... Sir, you are a gentleman of rank and fortune, and I am a poor devil: you are a feather in the cap of society, and I am a very hobnail in its shoes; yet I have the honour to belong to the same family with you, and on that score I now address you. You will perhaps suspect that I am going to claim affinity with the ancient and honourable house ...
— The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. • Robert Burns and Allan Cunningham


Words linked to "Hobnail" :   nail, furnish, render


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